WATERVILLE, Maine --- The Colby College men's lacrosse team got ready for this Saturday's big home game with sixth-ranked Connecticut College with a 19-3 non-conference victory over Maine Maritime Academy on Tuesday night at Bill Alfond Field.

The Mules improve to 8-5 overall and will host the unbeaten Camels at 1 p.m. Saturday. Maine Maritime falls to 6-5 on the season.

Whit McCarthy (Darien, Conn.) had three goals and one assist, while Scott Margolis (New York, N.Y.) also had four points with two goals and two assists. Keith Fairbrother (Madison, N.J.) finished with three goals, Greg McKillop (Washington, D.C.) had two goals and one assist, and Ian Deveau (Portsmouth, R.I.) had one goal and two assists for the Mules. Mark Squicciarino (Titusville, N.J.) and Jonathan McIvor (Sudbury, Mass.) both had two goals for the winners.

Colby led 10-0 after the first period and held the Mariners to just three shots for the entire first half. The Mules had 51 shots in the game and won 21-of-25 face-off attempts. Craig Bunker (Topsfield, Mass.), the Division III leader in face-off percentage, was 6-for-6 and had six groundballs before taking most of the game off. Bjorn Knutson (Bloomington, Minn.) took over and won 12 of his 13 face-off attempts and had 11 groundballs.

Christopher Keiley (Holliston, Mass.), Andrew DiSalvo (Glastonbury, Conn.), and Tom Houle (Manchester, N.H.) had goals for the Mariners.